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Wife’s Interest in Joint Property 
A man and wife buy a farm. The deed 
is in both names. The wife put all her 
money that she had before her marriage 
in farm. The husband buys stock and 
tools, on time notes, signed by both. The 
wife raises poultry and sells eggs, and 
applies the money received to the farm 
expenses. In the event of sale, is not 
the wife entitled to half farm and half 
stock, tools, etc.? She borrowed money 
to meet some notes, and bank account is 
also in joint names. Can the man sell 
his share to a stranger? Who becomes 
responsible for a small mortgage in that 
case? The wife’s name does not appear 
on the bond and mortgage. B. M. 
Nebraska. 
If you and your husband hold the real 
property in your joint names there is lit¬ 
tle likelihood of your husband selling his 
interest to a stranger, if you do not join 
in the deed. You would still have the 
right of survivorship, and if your husband 
died prior to your death you would take 
all of the property. Unlike the rule in 
joint tenancy, the right of survivorship 
cannot be taken away by the independent 
act of the other party. Neither the hus¬ 
band or wife, without the consent of the 
others, can dispose of any part of the 
estate so as to affect the rights of sur¬ 
vivorship in the other. 
We would not be able to say whether 
or not you are entitled to one-half of the 
stock and tools. As a general proposition 
a husband has a right to sell and dis¬ 
pose of his personal property without the 
consent of his wife. N. T. 
Husband's Right Under Wife’s Will 
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On page 1571 I noticed the article in 
regard to the husband’s right in a wife’s 
property. Will you tell me in regard to 
the legality of a will which reads as fol¬ 
lows : The wife owns a farm and has 
some personal property, also a son 21 
years of age. She has a will which gives 
the farm to the son and directs her 
funeral expenses he paid from her per¬ 
sonal property. Within two years after 
her death the husband is to be paid $700 
by the son as administrator. Can the 
husband hold more of her property? 
Also could he be made to pay her funeral 
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333 West 30th Street New York City 
N. C. 
The husband is still entitled to his ex¬ 
emptions in addition to the specific be¬ 
quests. The right of courtesy, however, 
can be destroyed by a testamentary de¬ 
vise by the wife to take effect after her 
death. 
The widow’s personal estate is subject 
to her funeral expenses and if the hus¬ 
band paid the same he is entitled to re¬ 
cover the amount paid from her estate 
before any legacies are paid. n. t. 
Administration of Estate by Husband 
If a woman marries a second husband, 
can he hold any or the whole of her prop¬ 
erty? My sister married her second hus¬ 
band ; when she married him she had 
about $3,200 in money, besides her furni¬ 
ture. She died, leaving all this ; she had 
no children. lie became administrator ; 
he never settled up her estate; just took 
it and said nothing. She had all this 
property before she married him. She 
always looked after her own property; 
he never had anything to do with it. 
While she was living her wish was that 
her brothers should have her money. 
There are three brothers. L<et me know 
what can be done about it. M. K. 
New York. 
If you will go to your surrogate’s office 
you can examine the petition for the ap¬ 
pointment of the administrator, and un¬ 
doubtedly this will disclose the amount 
of personal property left by your sister. 
The husband may claim that she dis¬ 
posed of all her property during her life¬ 
time. No doubt you can procure an at¬ 
torney who will make petition to the sur¬ 
rogate, asking the administrator to ac¬ 
count, and on the accounting you can ex¬ 
amine him as to what became of her 
property. n. t. 
Signing Off Widow’s Dower Right 
A man died who had three children, all 
grown and married, and a second wife. 
His will said the property was to be 
kept up and his wife was to have one- 
third of the net earnings of the property 
each year, and his children each one-third 
of the remaining two-thirds. At the death 
of the wife, the property was to be sold 
to the best advantage and divided among 
the three children. The wife wants to 
sign off now, so the children can have the 
benefit of the money. Can the property 
be sold now, if the wife signs off her in¬ 
terest in the place? If the property is 
sold and she signs off her interest in it, 
would not the law give her her widow's 
one-third? w. P. 
New York. 
The widow has a right to sign away 
her interest in the property bequeathed to 
her. It is difficult to say just what can 
be done without examining the will, hut 
we would suggest that if you enter'into 
any agreement with the widow you have 
a legally drawn instrument from her by 
which she relinquishes her rights in the 
property. jy, T _ 
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